dolman

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Under the dolman was worn a waistcoat of fine leather embroidered with threads of silk and gold, and around the waist was girt a belt, as broad as one's hand, of red leather handsomely trimmed with strips of many-coloured skins.

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  1. noun A woman's garment having capelike arm pieces.

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  • I picked up my dolman, and looking very sheepish, followed my captors, to whom I had not given my name, as they led me to the Bishop's palace where my father was installed. —  The Memoirs of General the Baron de Marbot
  • The funds provided by the ministry arrived and I paid them out and was now free from all responsibility and ready to rejoin my regiment I had a cotton dolman, braided in the same material, and with silver buttons. —  The Memoirs of General the Baron de Marbot
  • Lo, this dolman sleeve cherry red sweater top, $79 at the moment, but I'm waiting for the day when it appears at TJ Maxx. —  afrobella
  • Favorite headline: "Never Before Have We Seen Such A Shameless, Desperate Plea For Attention." accompanying a huge dolman sleeved 80's sweater with a teddy bear that says hug me. —  Glimmer
  • The textured tweedy top has a roomy silhouette accentuated by a wide funnel neck and short dolman sleeves. —  the it lists - fashion & trend blog
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  1. French, from German, from Hungarian dolmany, from Turkish dōlāmān, robe, from dolamak, to wind.

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  1. Also written, in first sense, doliman, formerly dollymant, from French doliman (def. 1), dolman (def. 3) = German dollman, doliman = Danish Swedish dolman (def. 3) = Bohemian doloman = Russian dolomanŭ dolmanŭ = Bulgarian Servian dola-ma = Hungarian dolmany, from Turkish dolama (def. 1).
 

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